Last week I introduced 7 reasons to get your R&D or innovation process (or whatever your company calls it) into high gear   To be clear, what I am talking about in this series is getting new products to the market.  The focus is on increasing top lines sales, improving margins, and enhancing the reputation of your company.  Having a highly productive product development and ... [Click to Continue...]

Many companies have been “sitting on the sidelines” during the recent recession and subsequent slow recovery.  It’s time to “get back in the game” by jump starting your innovation efforts.  In this post we will  outline seven reasons to get your innovation juices flowing again or start to get serious about innovation.  So let’s dive in.   The 7 reasons to jump start ... [Click to Continue...]

To all my loyal blog readers Back next Monday with some thoughts on innovation. ... [Click to Continue...]

  I was cleaning out my garage last Saturday (doesn’t everyone need to get rid of some of the stuff we collect?) and I came across some of my old IBM stuff in a box.  To my surprise, I discovered a THINK pad, and not my laptop (I also have a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop).  I got this when I joined IBM right out of grad school in 1982.  It is an original leather bound THINK pad.  Many ... [Click to Continue...]